The wines of Chateau Rives-Blanques can be tasted on January 27, just before Millésime Bio, at two locations: the Insensé restaurant adjacent to the Fabre Museum in the historic heart of Montpellier, and at the elegant Chateau Biar at the gates to the city. The Outsiders is a group of winemakers who have come to the […]
Jancis Robinson MW devoted her first French wine night to the Languedoc, “a region so vast it can be difficult to get to grips with … producing everything from the lightest sparkling wines to the darkest reds, and everything in between”. Tamlyn Currin of the jancisrobinson.com team narrowed the choice down to a “truly eclectic […]
Onze Blanquette de Limoux staat op de tweede plaats van de lijst voor de beste sprankelende wijnen in haar artikel in de weekeinde editie van de Financial Times (15 december). Het volledige artikel staat op haar website “hier”. “Limoux maakt één van de beste sprankelende wijnen in Frankrijk” schrijft zij. Dit is de derde keer […]
Alexis Goujard of France’s Revue du Vin de France did a whistle stop tour of the best French fizz for its November issue. “There’s more to life than just Champagne”, he said, “there’ a multitude of different styles and appellations throughout France: Crémant, Blanquette, Montlouis, Bugey …” He included the Crémant de Limoux and the […]
The celebrated British wine writer, Jancis Robinson MW has taken a close interest in the wines of the Languedoc ever since she bought a house there nearly 40 years ago. Today, she says, “there has been a massive relandscaping of the region”, with the total area under vine shrinking to about half its size, and […]